SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, is set to produce DIRTY DANCING, based on the classic 1987 film of the same name, it was announced today by Joe Drake, co-COO of Lionsgate and President of the Motion Picture Group.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio, announced today that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to BURST 3D, a horror/thriller to be produced by Ghost House Pictures.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reflecting the continued growth of Lionsgate's motion picture business, eight-year Lionsgate veteran Jason Constantine has been promoted to President of Acquisitions and Coproductions for the Company's Motion Picture Group, it was announced today by Lionsgate co-Chief Operating Officer and Motion Picture Group President Joe Drake, to whom he reports.

By Cara Solomon and Emily Heffter, Seattle Times Dec. 11--Between schoolwork and raising her daughter, 16-year-old Kathy Graves wrote letters. First to her principal; then to the man in charge of high schools; finally to the superintendent of schools himself.